Where does “Heid” come from?

Heid (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German heide, from Old High German heida, from Proto-West Germanic haiþi, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

Heid (Pennsylvania German): heathen

Definitions

  1. heathen

Ancestry of “Heid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanheide—
2Old High Germanheidawilderness
3Proto-West Germanichaiþiuncultivated land, wasteland
4Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture

Words derived from “Heid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiþī →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haiþi →